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     Annie needs to go to meet the library guy
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 </ul>
+<p>
+  Pulling the secondary drive out of the rack takes an unusual amount of
+  force. The crunchy bearings scratch on the rails as they get dragged
+  forward. After struggling for a bit, Jack finally reaches the point
+  where the top cover and the empty compartment for a removable platter
+  are fully exposed. He undoes the thumb screws holding them in place,
+  then he slides the assembly forward and takes it out, revealing the
+  circuit boards, motor, and spindle with fixed platters beneath. A fine
+  silver line along the edge in the otherwise brown coating of the top-most
+  platter shows where its upper
+  head had crashed &ndash; a deep scratch but, with a bit of luck, this
+  might still be recoverable. He undoes two more
+  thumb screws on the inside and the face plate of the drive comes off.
+  Using a small flashlight that he had found in one of the desk cabinets,
+  he inspects the three platters: The one on top turns out to be the
+  outlier, its underside and both of the other platters have thick
+  silver-y white stripes lining their edges.
+  <span class="quote speech">Well, there goes that pipe dream.</span>
+</p>
+<p>
+  Jack puts the drive back together
+</p>
 <p class="comment">
   This has been moved here from chapter 1 &quot;Wake Up&quot;. It should
   be integrated into this chapter instead.